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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who answers the phone when Carl calls the number that's appeared on his pager?
(a) Detective Ben Danton
(b) Officer Oliver Johnson
(c) Sgt. Brian Boxx
(d) An unnamed police dispatcher

2. What color is the book Helen has been using as a planner?
(a) White
(b) Red
(c) Yellow
(d) Purple

3. What is it that Mona picks out of one of the blisters in Carl's foot?
(a) A rock
(b) A steeple
(c) A thorn
(d) A nail

4. How wide is the advertisement for a class action lawsuit against the Oracle Sushi Place?
(a) Three columns
(b) Thirteen inches
(c) A full page
(d) Eight columns

5. What kind of shoes is Helen wearing at the carnival?
(a) White velcro sneakers
(b) Pink high heels
(c) Orange tennis shoes
(d) Red pumps

6. What is the piece of information the man says he wants Carl to find in his book?
(a) A way to kill his wife
(b) The answer to eternal salvation
(c) A way to prove to the police that he didn't kill anyone
(d) A way to end his grief

7. What is it that shields Mona and Oyster from the culling song?
(a) Distance
(b) The shelter spell
(c) The shield spell
(d) Nothing

8. Why does Helen say she accepts jewels as payment for assassinations?
(a) She doesn't accept jewels
(b) She is trying to fill out a collection
(c) She loves jewels
(d) She hates haggling over the exchange rate

9. Why did sailors of years ago leave pigs and goats on islands?
(a) To set a new ecosystem
(b) To get rid of the animals
(c) To create new breeds
(d) To populate the island as future sources of food

10. What has Helen done in order to commit suicide?
(a) Said the culling song to herself in the mirror
(b) Slashed her wrists
(c) Swallowed a lot of pills
(d) Swallowed jewels and drain cleaner

11. What is all over the ground at the carnival?
(a) Cotton candy and soda cans
(b) Rocks
(c) Black cables
(d) Shadows

12. What does Helen drop while she and Carl are riding the Ferris wheel?
(a) Her ring and planner
(b) Carl's pager and her purse
(c) Carl's pager
(d) Her cell phone and ring

13. Why does Helen say they couldn't get the three copies of the book from the Book Barn?
(a) The books were too expensive
(b) The books were already sold
(c) They couldn't find them
(d) The store was closed

14. What does Carl note about Oyster's foot?
(a) That his feet are cracked and dirty
(b) That he's wearing a silver toe ring
(c) That he has callouses
(d) All the above

15. Where does the man say he's going to go in two days?
(a) To kill his wife
(b) Back to work
(c) To hell
(d) To court

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the cow in the middle of the street in Stone River, Nebraska?

2. What do Helen and Oyster smell like when they return?

3. What color is the meat-packing plant being painted?

4. What is on Carl's kitchen table when he gets home?

5. Who pulls up while Carl and Mona are talking outside the real estate office?

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